The iPhone 17 Air's specs and design might be key advancements Apple needs before making iPhones without ports and foldables.

Apple has long been rumored to be developing a slimmer iPhone 17 “Air” model. In addition to making it thinnest iPhone yet, Apple considered removing the single port, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports.

The so-called iPhone 17 Air, which is rumored to be coming this fall, is said to be Apple’s thinnest iPhone ever. But, if the company had gone through some of its earlier plans for the device, slimness may not have been the most talked-about element.